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WANTED
The Indiana State Library at Indianapolis wants for its files all kinds of printed and manuscript material relating to the history of Indiana or Indianians. Anyone having any such early historical material, or knowing the whereabouts of such material, will confer a favor upon the State of Indiana and upon present and future students of the state's history by communicating with the State Library concerning it.
If spring cleaning discloses in your office, or upon your bookshelves, or in the attic of your home boxes of old books, newspapers, or letters and documents, do not destroy them. They may be historically valuable, and the State Library would appreciate an opportunity to examine them.
Write to the Library about
PRINTED MATERIAL, such as:
Books and pamphlets relating to Indiana or any part of it. Political addresses and pamphlets.
Biographies of Indianians.
Writings--novels, histories, poetry, songs, sermons--by Indianians.
Family histories.
Histories of churches, schools, lodges, patriotic, and social organizations.
Catalogs, bulletins, and publications of state schools and colleges.
Files of newspapers or magazines published in Indiana. Reports of municipal and county officers.
Directories of cities and counties.
Maps of state, counties, townships, and cities.
Scrap books.
MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL, such as:
Private letters, journals, and documents.
Diaries--those of. Civil War soldiers and of the Forty-niners who went from Indiana to California are especially interesting.
Papers read before local historical societies. Reminiscences of pioneer days.

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WANTED
The Indiana State Library at Indianapolis wants for its files all kinds of printed and manuscript material relating to the history of Indiana or Indianians. Anyone having any such early historical material, or knowing the whereabouts of such material, will confer a favor upon the State of Indiana and upon present and future students of the state's history by communicating with the State Library concerning it.
If spring cleaning discloses in your office, or upon your bookshelves, or in the attic of your home boxes of old books, newspapers, or letters and documents, do not destroy them. They may be historically valuable, and the State Library would appreciate an opportunity to examine them.
Write to the Library about
PRINTED MATERIAL, such as:
Books and pamphlets relating to Indiana or any part of it. Political addresses and pamphlets.
Biographies of Indianians.
Writings--novels, histories, poetry, songs, sermons--by Indianians.
Family histories.
Histories of churches, schools, lodges, patriotic, and social organizations.
Catalogs, bulletins, and publications of state schools and colleges.
Files of newspapers or magazines published in Indiana. Reports of municipal and county officers.
Directories of cities and counties.
Maps of state, counties, townships, and cities.
Scrap books.
MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL, such as:
Private letters, journals, and documents.
Diaries--those of. Civil War soldiers and of the Forty-niners who went from Indiana to California are especially interesting.
Papers read before local historical societies. Reminiscences of pioneer days.